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A. W. BEBES. HANDLE FOR PACKAGES.

rNo. 556,877. Y Patented Mar. 24, 1896.

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ALEXANDER lV. BEERS, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

HAN DLE FOR PAC KAG ES.

SPEGIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,877', dated March24, 1896.

Application filed July ll, 1895. Serial No. 565,642, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. BEERS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles forPackages, of which the following is specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to handles for packages, and the object thereofis to provide a simple and effective device of this class which canreadily be attached to a string or cord with which the package is bound;and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specidcation, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in Which- Figure lis aperspective view of my improved handle applied to a package, and Fig. 2a plan View of a blank from which the handle is formed.

In the practice of my invention I stamp from any suitable material,preferably paperboard of any desired kind, a blank A, provided with endsor head-pieces B, adapted to be bent or folded at right angles to themain part or body of the handle on the dotted lines C. The ends or headsB are each provided on each side with notches or recesses D, andextending inwardly from said notches or recesses on one side are slotsE, which extend, preferably, more than half-way across and are turnedbackward and outward, as shown at F, and terminate in small roundapertures or holes G at about the center of the end portion of the headsB, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The handle is applied to apackage, as shown in Fig. l, by inserting thestring or cord with which the package is bound through the slots E and Fand into the holes or openings G, and in this position the deviceconstitutes a convenient handle for the package, as will be readilyseen.

It is evident that the blank A need not be of the exact form shown anddescribed. The notches or recesses D may be omitted if preferred and theslots G and F may be of any desired form, and it will thus be seen thatI accomplish the object of my invention by means of a device simple inconstruction and operation and comparatively inexpensive.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. A handle for packages,comprising a body portion, endportions bent at right angles thereto, said end portions being providedon one side with notches or recesses, and with slots formed in saidnotches or recesses which extend into said end portions, and aredirected backwardly and outwardly and terminate in small openings orapertures, substantially as shown and described.

2. A handle for packages consisting of a blank stamped out of a singlesheet of material and having end pieces B adapt-ed to be bent or foldedat right angles to the body of the handle, said end pieces peingprovided with recesses D and slots E extending inwardly therefrom,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 9th day of July,

ALEXANDER W. BEERS. IVitnesses:

L. M. MULLER, E. VAN DEUnsEN.

